Bumper used-import sales for 2016

As many industry insiders have predicted, 2016 has been a very good year for used-imported car sales. In terms of year-on-year sales, there were 149,526 used-imported cars sold in 2016 - 4.1 per cent ahead of 2015, when 143,642 units were sold. December increased 4.6 per cent on the same month last year with 13,181 sales compared to 12,598 in December 2015. The Nissan Tiida continued its dominance as the number-one selling used import with 775 sales for the month, and 7,529 for the year - with a five per cent market share for 2016. The usual culprits were Mazda Axela in second place with a market share for the year of 4.4 percent and 6,639 sales, followed by Suzuki Swift with 6,283 registrations and a market share, for the year, of 4.2 per cent. Toyota cemented its place as the number-one used imported car brand. It sold 37,557 units in 2016 for a market share of 25.1 per cent, Nissan and Mazda were second and third place respectively with unit sales of 28,145 and 22,663 and 18.8 and 15.2 per cent market share for the past 12 months.